Suryapada, Sūryapada, Sūryapāda, Surya-pada: 7 definitions
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Suryapada means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSūryapada (सूर्यपद).—In Gayā.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 111. 54.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsSūryapada (सूर्यपद) is another name for Sūrya—one of the “Twenty-Five Kalkis” (Tibetan: rigs ldan) as well as the “Thirty-two kings of Shambhala”, according to the Tibetan oral recounting and written texts such as the Kalachakra Tantra (kālacakratantra), dealing with the Buddhist conception of the end of the world and time.—The Tibetan mythic land (the kingdom of Shambhala) is a parallel world invisible and inaccessible to common people which is closely related to the teaching about the Wheel of Time (dus 'khor). The seven Dharmarajas and twenty-five Kulikas [e.g., Sūryapada] are the traditional rulers of Shambhala, passing on the reign from father to son.
Source: WikiPedia: Tibetan BuddhismSūryapada (सूर्यपद) (in Tibetan: (Wonang) Nyima) (1027–1127 CE) refers to the twelfth of the twenty-five Kalki kings (of Shambhala) who represents the holders of the Kalachakra (“wheel of time”) teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni.—The king Sūryapada is described as “all-pervading, radiant jewel light”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySūryapāda (सूर्यपाद).—a sun-beam.
Derivable forms: sūryapādaḥ (सूर्यपादः).
Sūryapāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūrya and pāda (पाद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySūryapāda (सूर्यपाद).—[masculine] sun-beam.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySūryapāda (सूर्यपाद):—[=sūrya-pāda] [from sūrya > sūr] m. a sunbeam, [Harivaṃśa]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pada, Surya, Pata.
Starts with: Suryapatam.
Full-text: Nagara, Surya, Twenty-five Lineage Holders.
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